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Broken Weapon

Discussion in 'Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition' started by Sorvo, Dec 30, 2016.

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    Did they increase the chance of this in EE? It seems like it's happening a lot and it would make more sense with the iron crisis.
     
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    Yeah, they did. First point of business after leaving candlekeep should be acquiring a +1 weapon or better, as magical weapons are not affected.
    You could also use one of the normal weapons that are not effected (quarterstaves/crossbows/longbow/short bow/club/sling/darts) since they are not made out of metal.
     
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    Never thought of this but can shields break?
     
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    Not that i know of, most of them are made of wood with at most some metal banding, so it makes sense they don't break.
     
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    I think with BG2Tweaks they can, but not vanilla
     
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    What? No, they didn't. The probability has always been 1%.

    By default, it only affects metal weapons since it's a per-attack effect. Shields and armor are unaffected without mods.
     
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    I remember reading a post on the beamdog forums claiming they increased it to 2% though. It sure feels like weapons are breaking more often then they used to, but that might just be RNG hating my ass. :p
     
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    Nope, it's 1%. Not that 1% is a particularly low number. That's 1 in 100 attacks, which can happen very quickly, especially on melee characters.
     
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    It doesn't matter overly much - I usually just bumrush my way over to a magical version of my weapon which won't break or go and kill Mulahey as soon as possible - once you finish with the nashkel mines, weapon breaking stops happening.
     
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    Does it? I don't think it does. There's only one version of a standard long sword and it has the breaking effect on it regardless of what happens in the game. You probably just don't notice it anymore because no one's using non-magical weapons.
     
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    Looks like a mexican stand off. I hope you guys kiss and make up :p
     
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